I can furnish you with letters to some of my old friends there: merry fellows they were once: you must take care of the prodigality of their wine.

There's John Courtland--ah! a seductive dog to drink with.

Be sure and let me know how honest John looks, and what he says of me.

I recollect him as if it were yesterday; a roguish eye, with a moisture in it; full cheeks; a straight nose; black curled hair; and teeth as even as dies:--honest John shewed his teeth pretty often, too: ha, ha! how the dog loved a laugh.

Well, and Peter Hales--Sir Peter now, has his uncle's baronetcy--a generous, open-hearted fellow as ever lived--will ask you very often to dinner--nay, offer you money if you want it: but take care he does not lead you into extravagances: out of debt, out of danger, Walter.